"Over the millennia, people discovered, used, and shared ever-increasing knowledge of psychoactive plants and fungi and their effects to the human body, mind, & spirit." -United States Department of Agriculture --- If decriminalisation has any effect on behaviour, it is to make it easier for chemically dependent users to become non‑chemically dependent, because they can seek help to quit without risking prosecution and jail. --- German scientists have found that chronic low doses of THC reversed the age-related decline in cognitive performance in old mice. --- With a mental health crisis underway in Oregon, where does the right to heal ourselves with an essentially non-toxic and inter-hemispheric communication enhancer such as LSD rest? --- One of the implications of the continued growth of psychedelic festival culture is that the community of psychedelic users is becoming more organised.

The anti-marijuana campaign is a cancerous tissue of lies, undermining law enforcement, aggravating the drug problem, depriving the sick of needed help, and suckering well-intentioned conservatives... -William F. Buckely, Jr (for an entire generation, he was the preeminent voice of American conservatism)

"The medical profession has no need to be afraid of these substances, the psychological profession has no need to deny the reality of the experiences they uncover, and the regulatory agencies have no need to deny anyone right to proper treatment, especially for conditions for which psychedelics have proved to be not only helpful but also the treatment of choice." -James Fadiman, PH.D

"In order to reach the highest mountains one can't be afraid of the deepest valleys."

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